Medicines in the elderly (Sep 2006)- Archived

As you age, your body handles medicines differently. What You Need to Know About Medicines and Getting Older provides information to elderly people in the veteran community who use medicines, suggests questions to ask your health care provider when starting a new medicine, and other medicine-taking tips.

PROVIDED BY: University of South Australia - Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre

IN ASSOCIATION WITH: Discipline of General Practice, The University of Adelaide | School of Public Health, The University of Adelaide | NPS MedicineWise | Australian Medicines Handbook | Drug and Therapeutics Information Service

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